The cicada (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) fauna of the Lesser Antilles sensu lato with the description of two new species, two new combinations, and a key to species Author Sanborn, Allen F. text Zootaxa 2024 2024-08-22 5497 1 33 69 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5497.1.2 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.5497.1.2 1175-5326 13617972 42D8CC88-4245-4DFF-AEAE-C86D74F7F7A6 Taphura sauliensis Boulard, 1971 Taphura sauliensis Boulard 1971: 688 (Saul, center of village, French Guiana ). Diagnosis. Specimens of Taphura sauliensis can be distinguished by the transverse mark in the posterior pronotal ambient fissure split into three parts, lateral branches of the anal tube in males bifurcate at the terminus and angle towards the midline, and the notch in female abdominal sternite VII has a straight lateral margin. Distribution. The species is currently known from Colombia , Ecuador , French Guiana , Peru , Trinidad & Tobago , and Venezuela ( Duffels & van der Laan 1985 ; Sanborn 2013 ; 2017a ; 2020a , b, d, e; 2023a). Material examined. “ TRINIDAD : 3.3 mi / SSW of Talparo / VI –7–1991 // B.K. Dozier / Collector” one male ( AFSC ) ; “ TRINIDAD : Simla Field / Sta. , Arima Valley / 20– VI –13–VII–1977 // P. Feinsinger / Insect Flight Trap ” one male ( AFSC ) ; “ TRINIDAD : Arima Valley / Simla, W. Beebe Tropical / Res. Sta. , 27– VI –3–VII–1978 / H. V . Weems, Jr.” one female ( FSCA ) , one male ( AFSC ) ; “ TRINIDAD : Arima Valley / Simla, W. Bebe (sic) Tropical / Res. Sta. , blacklight, / 27–June–3–July–1978 / C. & H. V . Weems, Jr.” one male ( FSCA ) , one female ( AFSC ) ; “ Asa Wright Nature Ctr. / 7.5 mi. N. of Arima on / Blanchisseuse Road / Trinidad , W.I. / June 26, 1985 / P.J. Clausen ” one male ( AFSC ) ; “ Asa Wright Nature Ctr. / 7.5 mi. N. of Arima on / Blanchisseuse Road / Trinidad , W.I. / June 27, 1985 / P.J. Clausen ” one male ( AFSC ) ; “ Asa Wright Nature Ctr. / 7.5 mi. N. of Arima on/ Blanchisseuse Road / Trinidad , W.I. / June 25, 1985 / P.J. Clausen ” two males and one female ( AFSC ) ; “ Asa Wright Nature Ctr. / 7.5 mi. N. of Arima on / Blanchisseuse Road / Trinidad , W.I. / June 22–24, 1984 / P.J. Clausen ” one male and three females ( AFSC ) ; “ Asa Wright Nature Ctr. / 7.5 mi. N. of Arima on / Blanchisseuse Road / Trinidad , W.I. / June 23, 1985 / P.J. Clausen ” three males ( AFSC ) ; “ Asa Wright Nature Ctr. / 7.5 mi. N. of Arima on / Blanchisseuse Road / Trinidad , W.I. / June 26, 1984 / P.J. Clausen ” one male ( AFSC ) ; “ Asa Wright Nature Ctr. / 7.5 mi. N. of Arima on / Blanchisseuse Road / Trinidad , W.I. / June 20, 1984 / P.J. Clausen ” one male ( AFSC ) .